1. Evolutionary responses to a constructed niche: ancient Mesoamericans as a model of gene-culture coevolution
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Verônica Contini, Francisco M. Salzano, Tábita Hünemeier, María Teresa Villarreal-Molina, Andres Ruiz-Linares, Victor Acuña-Alonzo, Samuel Canizales-Quinteros, Ramiro Barrantes, Stéphane Mazières, Vanessa Rodrigues Paixão-Côrtes, Maria Cátira Bortolini, Carlos Eduardo G. Amorim, Francisco Rothhammer, Jean-Michel Dugoujon, Soledad de Azevedo, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre] (UFRGS)-Instituto de Biociencias, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Escuela Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Facultad de Medicina & Instituto de Alta Investigacion, Universidad de Tarapaca-Universidade de Chile, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Anthropologie Moléculaire et Imagerie de Synthèse (AMIS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Ethique et Santé (ADES), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-EFS ALPES MEDITERRANEE-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Escuela de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Laboratorio de Genomica de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Institut national de Médecine Génomique, Unit of Molecular Biology and Genomic Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán - National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran [Mexico], Departamento de Biologìa, Facultad de Quìmica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Dept of Genetics, Evolution and Environment [London] (UCL-GEE), University College of London [London] (UCL), Programme AMAZONIE - Analyse, modélisation et ingénierie des systèmes amazoniens (programme interdisciplinaire du CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Evolutionary Genetics ,Niche construction theory ,Thrifty phenotype ,MESH: Geography ,MESH: Zea mays ,[SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology ,Culture ,ABCA1 ,lcsh:Medicine ,Genética humana ,MESH: Regression Analysis ,Coalescent theory ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,MESH: Genotype ,Gene Frequency ,Natural Selection ,0601 history and archaeology ,MESH: Ecosystem ,lcsh:Science ,MESH: Genetic Association Studies ,2. Zero hunger ,Genetics ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,Multidisciplinary ,Natural selection ,Geography ,MESH: Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Agriculture ,06 humanities and the arts ,Biological Evolution ,Pollen ,Regression Analysis ,MESH: Radiometric Dating ,MESH: Culture ,MESH: Agriculture ,Research Article ,Evolutionary Processes ,Genotype ,Population ,Niche ,Ameríndios ,MESH: Genetics, Population ,MESH: Biological Evolution ,Biology ,Forms of Evolution ,MESH: Genetic Loci ,Models, Biological ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Zea mays ,03 medical and health sciences ,MESH: Indians, North American ,Amerindians ,MESH: Gene Frequency ,Humans ,Allele ,Domestication ,education ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https] ,Allele frequency ,Coevolution ,Alleles ,Ecosystem ,Genetic Association Studies ,030304 developmental biology ,Evolutionary Biology ,060101 anthropology ,MESH: Humans ,[SDV.GEN.GPO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] ,MESH: Alleles ,lcsh:R ,Radiometric Dating ,MESH: Models, Biological ,Human Genetics ,Gene-culture coevolution ,Genetics, Population ,Evolutionary biology ,Genetic Loci ,MESH: Pollen ,Indians, North American ,Genetic Polymorphism ,lcsh:Q ,Population Genetics - Abstract
Culture and genetics rely on two distinct but not isolated transmission systems. Cultural processes may change the human selective environment and thereby affect which individuals survive and reproduce. Here, we evaluated whether the modes of subsistence in Native American populations and the frequencies of the ABCA1*Arg230Cys polymorphism were correlated. Further, we examined whether the evolutionary consequences of the agriculturally constructed niche in Mesoamerica could be considered as a gene-culture coevolution model. For this purpose, we genotyped 229 individuals affiliated with 19 Native American populations and added data for 41 other Native American groups (n = 1905) to the analysis. In combination with the SNP cluster of a neutral region, this dataset was then used to unravel the scenario involved in 230Cys evolutionary history. The estimated age of 230Cys is compatible with its origin occurring in the American continent. The correlation of its frequencies with the archeological data on Zea pollen in Mesoamerica/Central America, the neutral coalescent simulations, and the FST-based natural selection analysis suggest that maize domestication was the driving force in the increase in the frequencies of 230Cys in this region. These results may represent the first example of a gene-culture coevolution involving an autochthonous American allele. Fil: Hünemeier, Tábita. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: Amorim, Carlos Eduardo Guerra. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: de Azevedo, Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina Fil: Contini, Veronica. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: Acuña Alonzo, Víctor. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia; México Fil: Rothhammer, Francisco. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Medicina; Chile Fil: Dugoujon, Jean Michel. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia. Université Paul Sabatier; Francia Fil: Mazières, Stephane. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia. Aix-Marseille Université; Francia. Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle, Droit, Éthique et Santé; Francia Fil: Barrantes, Ramiro. Universidad de Costa Rica; Costa Rica Fil: Villarreal Molina, María Teresa. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica. Laboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares; México Fil: Paixão Côrtes, Vanessa Rodrigues. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: Salzano, Francisco M.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: Canizales Quinteros, Samuel. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Ruiz-Linares, Andres. University College London; Reino Unido Fil: Bortolini, Maria Cátira. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil
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- 2012
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